For anything animated, there are only two voices you can possibly turn to when it comes to Batman: Mark Hamill for The Joker and Kevin Conroy for Batman. So, I'm glad to see (and not terribly surprised) that both of these fine folks will be reprising their roles, and giving Batman: Arkham Asylum a bit of familiarity -- especially since Dini, the game's writer, also wrote Batman: The Animated Series.
It's interesting to think about how these two, Hamill and Conroy, have helped define these characters for a good 16 years now. Most influential stories in Batman continuity last for a decade at best, but these two have strongly defined what the Joker and Batman sound like, to the point where anyone else in an animated series just sounds funny -- and they show no signs of slowing down.
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4:40 PM on 12.17.2008
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What's "JYB" anyway?
I'm guessing Johnny Young Bosch, but what the voice of Trigun has to do with Batman, I just don't know.
Also: Best News Ever.
Mark Hamill was fantastic as the joker but holy hell, time has not been kind to him.
Mark Hamill IS the Joker, albeit in animated form.
I have been a fan of that series since it's inception!
Love it! Way, way ahead of it's time...
Helluva job on the casting of Kevin Conroy(amazing as Bats) and Hammil!
Now I am really looking forward to playing this game.
Ha ha ho hehe haha ha oh ha oh haha!
Anyway, every time I read the comic books, Kevin Conroy will always be Batman and Mark Hamil will always be Joker. Just one more reason why this game CANNOT suck.
I will just to hear the two.